04.11.2015
Commerzbank AG DE000CBK1001
DGAP-News: Commerzbank AG: Marcus Chromik appointed as Commerzbank's new Chief Risk Officer
DGAP-News: Commerzbank AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
Commerzbank AG: Marcus Chromik appointed as Commerzbank's new Chief
Risk Officer
04.11.2015 / 16:24
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In its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank appointed Dr
Marcus Chromik to the Board of Managing Directors, succeeding Dr Stefan
Schmittmann. Dr Chromik will take up his post as Chief Risk Officer on 1
January 2016. The appointment is subject to approval by the European
Central Bank.
43-year-old Dr Chromik has been a Divisional Board Member and Chief Credit
Risk Officer for the Core Bank since 2012. Previously, he served as Chief
Market Risk Officer for Commerzbank's Corporates & Markets segment for more
than three years and was responsible for the Bank's market and liquidity
risk management. Dr Chromik, who holds a PhD in nuclear physics, started
his professional career with McKinsey, in 2001. He joined Postbank Group in
2004, where he held various executive positions, including new issues and
syndication, liquidity management, and Credit Treasury.
"Marcus Chromik brings extensive expertise and many years of experience to
his new task. We are very happy to welcome him to the Board of Managing
Directors," said Klaus-Peter Müller, Chairman of Commerzbank's Supervisory
Board. "Marcus Chromik is a renowned expert in markets and credit risk
management. We are pleased to welcome him to our team, and look forward to
working together," said Martin Blessing, Chairman of Commerzbank's Board of
Managing Directors.
Marcus Chromik will succeed Stefan Schmittmann who, as already announced in
September 2015, wants to now focus on providing strategic advice, having
spent more than 30 years in banking operations.
Marcus Chromik is married, with two children. Born in Kiel, he studied in
Munich, Göttingen, and Kiel; he also spent time in the US, engaged in
scientific research in Michigan.
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About Commerzbank
Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and
offices in more than 50 countries. The core markets of Commerzbank are
Germany and Poland. With the business areas Private Customers,
Mittelstandsbank, Corporates & Markets, and Central & Eastern Europe, its
private customers and corporate clients, as well as institutional
investors, profit from a comprehensive portfolio of banking and capital
market services. Commerzbank finances more than 30 per cent of Germany's
foreign trade and is the unchallenged leader in financing for SMEs. With
its subsidiaries comdirect and Poland's mBank it owns two of the world's
most innovative online banks. With approximately 1,100 branches and
approximately 90 advisory centres for business customers Commerzbank has
one of the densest branch networks among German private banks. In total,
Commerzbank boasts approximately 15 million private customers, as well as 1
million business and corporate clients. The Bank, which was founded in
1870, is represented at all the world's major stock exchanges. In 2014, it
generated gross revenues of almost EUR 9 billion with an average of
approximately 52,000 employees.
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Language: English
Company: Commerzbank AG
Kaiserplatz
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Phone: +49 (069) 136 20
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E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.commerzbank.de
ISIN: DE000CBK1001
WKN: CBK100
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Standard), Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart;
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